Note 219 — Chapter VI · Magic Rites as affecting the Life of Man (continued 3)
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Perhaps the oldest and best known of the systems of lucky and unlucky times is the one called Katika219 Lima, or the Five Times. Under it the day is divided into five parts, and five days form a cycle220: to each of these divisions is assigned a name, the names being Maswara (Maheswara), Kala, S’ri, Brahma, and Bisnu (Vishnu), which recur in the order shown in the following table or diagram:—